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Stephen Eubank

Deputy Director, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics

Professional Preparation

• Los Alamos National Lab, Nonlinear Dynamics, Postdoctoral Associate, 1991
• La Jolla Institute, Fluid Turbulence, Postdoctoral Associate, 1987
• University of Texas at Austin, Physics, PhD, 1986
• Swarthmore College, Physics, BA, 1979

Research Interests

• Modeling and simulation; dynamics, especially epidemiology, on complex networks; estimating and characterizing social networks; scaling properties of network dynamics; interaction based socio-technical systems; and high performance computing.

Selected Publications

2009

• E. Goldstein, A. Apolloni, B. Lewis, J. Miller, M. Macauley, S. Eubank, M. Lipsitch and J. Wallinga. Distribution of vaccine/antivirals and the "least spread line" in a stratified population., Journal of the Royal Society Interface, In press, 2009.
• C. Barrett, B. Lewis, J. Chen, V.S. Anil Kumar, S. Eubank and M. Marathe. Interactions among human behavior, social networks, and societal infrastructures: A case study in computational epidemiology. In Ravi, S. and Shukla, S. (eds.), Fundamental Problems in Computing: Essays in Honor of Professor Daniel J. Rosenkrantz. Springer Verlag, Vol.XXII 2009.

  2008

• C. Barrett, K. Bisset, S. Eubank, X. Feng and M. Marathe. EpiSimdemics: an Efficient and Scalable Framework for Simulating the Spread of Infectious Disease on Large Social Networks. In Proceedings of the 2008 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing.
• C. Barrett, S. Eubank and M. Marathe. An interaction-based approach to computational epidemiology. In 23rd AAAI Conference on Artifical Intelligence, 2008.
• K. Atkins, C.L. Barrett, R. Beckman, K. Bisset, J. Chen, S. Eubank, A. Feng, X. Feng, S. Harris, B. Lewis, AVS Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Marathe, H. Mortveit, and P. Stretz. An Interaction Based Composable Architecture for Building Scalable Models of Large Social, Biological, Information and Technical Systems. CT Watch, 4, 2008:46-53.
• M. E Halloran, N. M. Ferguson, S. Eubank, I. M. Longini Jr., D.A.T. Cummings, B. Lewis, S. Xu, C. Fraser, A. Vullikanti, T. C. Germann, D. Wagener, R. Beckman, K. Kadau, C. Barrett, C. A. Macken, D. S. Burke, and P. Cooley. Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States. In PNAS, March 10, 2008.
• S. Eubank, AVS Kumar, and M. Marathe. Epidemiology and wireless communication tight analogy or loose metaphor. In Bio-Inspired Computing and Communication Springer Verlag, 2008:91-104.

  2007

• C. Barrett, K. Bisset, J. Chen, B. Lewis, S. Eubank, VS. Anil Kumar, M. Marathe, H. Mortveit. Effect of Public Policies and Individual Behavior on the Co-evolution of Social Networks and Infectious Disease Dynamics. Proceedings of DIMACS/DyDAn Workshop on Computational Methods for Dynamic Interaction Networks, September 2007.
• SY. Del Valle, JM Hyman, HW Hethcote, and SG Eubank. Mixing patterns between age groups in social networks. Social Networks, 29, 2007:539-554.
• C. Barrett, S. Eubank, B. Lewis and M. Marathe. Information Systems for Detection and Management of Pandemics. In Shekar, S. and Xiong, H. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Systems. Springer Verlag, Vol. In press September 2007.

  2006

• C.L. Barrett, K. Bisset, S. Eubank, V.S. Anil Kumar, M.V. Marathe and H.S. Mortveit. Modeling and simulation of large biological, information and socio-technical systems: An interaction-based approach. Proceedings of the Short Course on Modeling and Simulation of Biological Networks, AMS Lecture Notes, Series: PSAPM, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006:353-392.
• S. Eubank, VS Anil Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Srinivasan, and N. Wang. Structure of social contact networks and their impact on epidemics. In Discrete Methods in Epidemiology, Abello J, Cormode, G (ed.). DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 70, 2006:179-185.
• K. Bisset, K. Atkins, C. Barrett, R. Beckman, S. Eubank, A. Marathe, M. Marathe, H. Mortveit, P. Stretz, and A. Vullikanti. Synthetic data products for societal infrastructures and proto populations: Data set 1.0. NDSSL Technical Report No. 06-006. 2006. C. Barrett, S. Eubank and M. Marathe. < a href=” http://www.springerlink.com/content/v103u4185k703457/”target=”new”>Modeling and Simulation of Large Biological, information and Socio-Technical Systems: An Interaction Based Approach In Interactive Computing: A New Paradigm. D. Goldin, S. Smolka and P. Wegner (eds), Springer Verlag, 2006: 353-394.

  2005

• C.L. Barrett, S.G. Eubank, and J.P. Smith. If smallpox strikes Portland. Scientific American, Vol. 292, pp. 54-61. 2005.
• S. Eubank. Network based models of infectious disease spread. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 58, 2005:S9-S13.
• S. Eubank, VS Anil Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Srinivasan, and N. Wang. Structure of social contact networks and their impact on epidemics. In Discrete Methods in Epidemiology, Abello J, Cormode, G (ed.). DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 70, 2006:179-185.
• Z. Toroczkai,and S. Eubank. Agent-based modeling as a decision-making tool. The Bridge, 35, 2005:22-27.

  2004

• S. Eubank, H. Guclu, VS Anil Kumar, MV Marathe, A Srinivasan, Z Toroczkai, and N Wang. Modelling disease outbreaks in realistic urban social networks. Nature, 429(6998), 2004:180-184.
• C. Barrett, S. Eubank, VSA Kumar, and M. Marathe. Understanding large scalesocial and infrastructure networks: a simulation based approach. Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Report No. LA-UR-04-1160 , 2004.
• S. Eubank, V. Anil Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Srinivasan, and N. Wang. Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Massive Social Networks. Proceedings of 15th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA), 2004:718-727.

  2003

• G. Chowell, M. Hyman, S. Eubank, and C. Castillo-Chavez. Scaling laws for the movement of people between locations in a large city. Phys. Rev. E, 68, 2003:661021-661027.
• K. Atkins, C. Barrett, R. Beckman, K. Bisset, M. Drozda, S. Eubank, C. Engelhart, N. Hengartner, G. Istrate, A. Kumar, M.V. Marathe, M. Morin, C. Reidys, S. Ravi, P. Romero, R. Pistone, S. Pathak, J. Smith, P. Stretz, and S. Zust. AdHopNET: Integrated tool for end-to-end analysis of extremely large next generation communication networks, Volume I & II. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Technical Report Nos. LA-UR-03-2076 and LA-UR-03-2077, 2003.

  2002

• C. Barrett, S. Eubank, M. Marathe, H. Mortveit and C. Reidys. Science and Engineering of Large Scale Socio-Technical Simulations. Invited paper in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Grand Challenges in Simulations, 2002.

  2000

• C.L. Barrett, S. Eubank, M. Madhav, H.S Mortveit, and C.M. Reidys. Science and engineering of large scale socio-technical simulations. Proc. of 2000 ICSEE Western MultiConference on Computer Simulation (ICSEE/WMC'2000), (H. Vakilzadian, C.R. Wie eds.), The Society for Computer Simulation International, San Diego, CA, January 2000.

  1999

• Barrett CL, et al. Transportation analysis simulation system. Los Alamos Unclassified Reports. LA-UR-99-1658, LA-UR-99-2574, LA-UR-99-2579. 1999.

  1992

• J. Theiler, S. Eubank, A. Longtin, B. Galdrikian, and JD Farmer. Testing for nonlinearity in time-series: the method of surrogate data. PhysicaD, 58(1-4) 1992:77-94.

  1990

• S. Eubank S and JD Farmer. Introduction to chaos and randomness. In Lectures in Complex Systems: The Proceedings of the 1989 Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, volume II of Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lectures, Jen E (ed.), 1990:75-190. Redwood City, CA, USA: Addison-Wesley.

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